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AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

No. 486,768. Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

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HUGO COOK, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,768, dated November 22, 1892.

Serial No. 424,591. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGO COOK, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of autographic registers in which a check-strip and a record-strip are led. over a writing-tablet,

where the desired memoranda is written upon the check-strip and duplicated upon the record-strip by means of an interposed transfer medium, and whence'the check-strip is led out of the machine and severed to form a detached check and the record-strip led back into the machine and stored in suitable form as arecord.

the construction and increase the efficiency of the operation of this class of machines.

Itsnovelty consistsin new combinationsand arrangements of the parts and new modes of operation, as well as in the novel construction of the machinein its details, all as will be hereinafter set forth,and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyingd rawings, Figure 1 represents atop plan view of the machine with the top of the casing removed; Fig. 2, averticallongitudinal section of the same on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the machine with part of the rear side of the casing broken away to expose the interior; Fig. 4, a vertical cross-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a top plan view of the record-slipsupporting plate; Fig. 6, an enlarged sectional detail of one of othe spring-plungers and its supporting-bracket; Fig. 7-, an enlarged sectional detail of the grasping-knob 0f the operating-handle and co-operating parts; Fig. 8, an enlarged sectional detail of the cuttingknives and associated parts, showing the separation of the check-strips from the recordstrip.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

I prefer to employ two check-strips ,A B I and one record-strip Gin my machine,.though as manycheck-strips as desired may be used.

The supply-rolls of the check-strips are carried upon spindles D E and that of the record-strip upon a spindle F, suitably mounted in bearings upon the side walls of the casing. The three strips are led upward over a guide-roller G at the rear end of the machine and thence forward (to the left in the drawings) over a writing-tablet I and between a pair of feed-rollers J K. Sheets of transfer or carbon paper are interposed-between the strips in their passage over the tablet-plate I, said sheets being retained in place-by springs L, which press the edges of the sheets down over pins M upon the upper face of the plate I, Fig. 1, and confine them between the springs and said plate. The lower feed-roller K is journaled in adjustable bearings in the casing or framework and the left-hand end of its shaft or spindle K projects out through a slot in the side wall of the casing The object of my invention is to simplify and has secured upon it an operating-handle N. The upper feed-roller J is journaled at its left-hand end in a bearing-block O, pivoted between ears P upon the casing. The opposite end of the roller is journaled in a like block Q, which fitsbetween like ears or lugs R upon the casing, but is not pivoted thereto. A spring-catch S co-operates with the block Q to confine it between the lugs R, with the roller J bearing against the roller K. By disengaging this catch the right-hand end of the roller J, carrying the block Q with it, may be swung up upon the pivotal support of the block 0 at its opposite end to permit the readyinsertion of new strips of paper between the rollers J K. The inner face of the upper end of the spring-catch S is beveled, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it is only necessary to press down the right-hand end of the roller J, whereupon the. block Q will be automatically engaged by the catch and the roller held in place. This end of the roller has fast upon it a pinion T, which meshes with agear U, fast upon the-1ower roller K. It will thus be seen that at each complete revolution of the roller K by the handle N a given length of the check'andrecord strips will be drawn forward between the rollers J K.

From. the rollers J K the ends of the paper strips pass beneath a spring-plate V, Fig. 1, securedby integral arms at its opposite ends to. a cross piece X of the framework. These ICO arms are so bent, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, that the body of the plate is held above the surface of the plate X to permit the strips of paper to pass beneath it; butit may be pressed down against the plate X to arrest and hold the strips.

From beneath the spring-plateV the strips pass beneath a vertically-movable knife-bar Y, which co-operates with a fixed knife-bar Z, secured upon the rear side of the plate X, the strips of paper passing between the two bars.

The upper knife-bar Yis carried byaframe A, pivotally supported by depending side arms 13 in a frame composed of two side arms 0, loosely mounted at their rear ends upon a shaft D and rigidly connected by a cross-piece E. The arms B of the frame A are pivoted to the arms 0 at F. Springs G, connected to the lower ends of the arms 13 and to the arms 0, tend to pull the lower ends of the arms B rearward and throw the frame A forward and keep the knife-bar Y or its depending arms 11 at either end pressed againstthe fixed bar Z. Springs I, connected at their lower ends to the arms 0 and at their upper ends to the side walls of the casing, yieldingly hold up the front ends of said arms. It will be seen from this construction that whenever the forward ends of the arms C are depressed suiiiciently the upper knife-bar Y will be carried down past the fixed bar Z and the strips of paper be sheared off between them. The lower edge of the bar Y and upper edge of the bar Z are preferably arranged at a slight angle to each other, as shown in Fig. 4, to give a shearing out upon the paper.

Upon the outer face of the gear U, which is secured upon the right-hand end of the lower feed-roller K, Fig. 2, is a pin J, which co-operates with the front end of the arm 0' on that side of the machine, while upon the outer side of a disk K, secured upon the left-hand end of the roller K, is a similar pin L, Fig. 3, which co-operates with the front end of the arm 0 on that side of the machine. At each complete revolution of the roller K the pins J and L engage and depress the front ends of the arms G, carrying down the frame A with them and causing the knives Y Z to sever the paper strips, and when the pins clear the front ends of the arms Othe springs I lift the latter and the knife-carrying frame A to normal position. The position of the pins upon the roller K relatively to its normal position of rest is such that they will not engage and depress the arms C until the roller has nearly completed its revolution, so that the strips will not be severed until the feed-rollers have advanced them the proper distance.

The roller K is flattened or cut away upon one side for its whole length, as indicated by the dotted lines at V, Fig. 2, and this cutaway portion passes the roller J while the pins 1 L are depressing the knife-carrying frame and severing the paper,so that during this operation the feed-rollers do not advance the paper strips, but allow them to remain stationary.

It will be understood that in their co-operation with the arms 0 the pins J L are simply revoluble cams, and that any other suitable revoluble cams may be substituted for them, whether they be carried directly by the roller K or be driven in any other suitable manner from the revoluble operatinghandle.

Carried in brackets M upon the frame A, one at each side thereof, Fig. 1, are spring plugs or plungers N, adapted to depress the spring-plate V when the arms 0 and frame A are depressed. As seen in the detail view in Fig. 6, these plugs are confined in recessed housings in the brackets M and are surrounded therein by coiled springs O, confined between opposing shoulders upon the plugs and walls of the housings. \Vhen the frame A is depressed, the lower ends of the plugs Nengage thespring plate V and pressit down until it is arrested by contact with the plate X or the paper strips upon said plate and then yield against the pressure of the springs 0 during the further downward movement of the frame A. This co-opera tion of the plugs N with the plate V causes the latter to positively hold the paper strips while they are being severed bythe knives Y Z.

Supported upon a cross-piece I" of the framework, Fig. 4, are two vertical filingpins Q, for the record-slips. Upon the rear side of the cross-piece ot' the frame A are two filing plates or arms R, Fig. 1, having holes or slotsin them immediately above the upper ends of the filing-pins Q. \Vhen the frame A is depressed in the manner before described to cause the knives Y Z to sever the strips of paper, the plates R force the slip severed from the record-strip down over the pins Q and file it thereon.

As will be seen in Figs. 2 and 3, the two rolls of check-strips A B are so arranged in the machine that the strips are led upward from their left-hand or forward sides, while the record-strip roll 0 is arranged in reverse position, so that the record-strip is led upward from the righthand or rear side of its roll. Owing to this reverse arrangement of the rolls the ends of the check-strips led forward through the machine constantly tend to curl upward and the end of the record-strip to curl downward. They are prevented from separating until after they pass from beneath the spring-plate V, adjacent to the knife-bars Y Z; but beyond that point the ends of the check-strips are free to turn upward and the record-strip downward. The result isthat at the beginning of the operation of the machine as the ends of the three strips are advanced from the severing-point the two checkstrips turn upward and pass above the filingplates R on the frame A and the recordstrip turns downward and passes beneath said plates, as seen in the detail view in Fig. 8.

Wi li The plates R and cross-bar A thus separate the strips and cause the check-strips to pass upward out of the machine and the recordstrip to pass downward over the filing-pins Q.

For the purpose of preventing the end of the record-strip from curling down behind the ends of the filing-pins between them and the bar Z, I provide means for guiding it over the tops of the pins. This means consists of two sliding pins S, which are passed through holes in the bar Z and whose front ends project forward beside the upper ends of the filing-pins Q. These pins are carried upon the upper ends of arms T, Figs. 3 and 4, fast at their lower ends upon a rock-shaft U, journaled in the lower part of the machine, one near each end of the shaft approximately in line with the filing-pins Q; also, fast upon the rock-shaft U, in this instance near its middle, is an upwardly and rearwardly curved arm V, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, whose upper end co-operates with a cam W, fast upon the shaft or spindle of the roller K. In the drawshown by the section-lines, to form the cam;

but it will of course be understood that the cam may be formed inany other suitable way and located at any other point upon the revolving shaft or spindle. A coiled spring X, surrounding the shaft U at one end, Fig. 4, and connected to said shaft at one end and to the casing at the other, yieldingly presses the arms T and V forward, holding the upper end of the latter against the cam W and the pins S projected forward beside the filingpins Q. At the beginning of the operation of the machine the parts are in this position, and as the paper strips are fed forward from the severing-point the check-strips pass upward between the plates R and the upper knife-bar Y and out of the machine, and the end of the record-strip is guided by the pins S over the points of the filing-pins Q. As the roller K approaches the latter portion of its revolution and brings its pins J K to position to depress the frame A and knife-bar Y and filing-plates R in the manner before described, the cam W engages the upper end of the arm V and moves it rearward, thereby rocking the shaft U and carrying. the arms T in the same direction, drawing the pins S back into their holesin the bar Z and leaving free passage for the descent of the filingplates R and knife-bar Y. As the operatinghandle and roller K complete their revolution and come to normal position and release the arms 0 and permit the springs to lift them and the frame A again, the cam W also clears the end of the arm V and the spring X throws said arm and the arms T forward .adjustable plate Y, a top plan view of which is shown in Fig. 5. This plate is carried and guided upon two vertical posts Z Z mounted upon a cross-piece A at the bottom of the casing, near its middle, and extending upward nearly to the top of the machine. The end of the plate Y adjacent to these posts is provided with suitable tubularbearings B O to fit over and slide upon the posts. The post Z and bearing 0 are surrounded by a spring D resting at its lower end upon the crosspiece A and bearing at its upper end against the under side of the plate Y. The post Z is serrated upon one side, and a catch-rod E carried in guides upon the under side of the plate Y, co-operates with the serrations. A spring F surrounding the rod between a pin passed through the same and one ofthe guides upon the under side of the plate Y, Fig. 3, yieldingly holds the rodin engagement with the serrations; but the rod may be withdrawn from engagement with them, against the resistance of the spring F by means of a finger-piece G It results from this construction that as the thickness of the stack of papers filed upon the pins Q and resting upon the plate Y gradually increases the plate will be gradually forced downward against the resistance of the spring D by the pressure of the frame A upon the upper side of the stack of slips at each operation of the machine, the engagement of the catch-rod E with the serrations in the post Z permitting downward movement of the plate Y, but preventing upward movement. After the stack of slips has been removed from the machine, as hereinafter explained, the catch may be disengaged from the serrations by means of the finger-piece G2 and the spring D allowed to lift the plate Y into position to support the next stack of slips.

The filing-pins Q are not permanently attached to the cross-piece P, which supports them, but are carried by a clip H which can be attached to and detached from the crosspiece P by means of a thumb-screw 1 At its rear edge this clip has depending ears or a continuous flange J which fits over the rear side of the cross-piece P, and at its front edge, near its middle, it has a depending ear L which carries the screw 1 To detach the clip from the cross-piece P, it is only necessary to loosen the screw 1 and slightly lift the clip to disengage the ears or flange J from the cross-piece, whereupon the clip and pins and the slips filed upon the latter may be removed from the machine. Another clip'and set of pins, or the same ones after the slips have been removed from them, can be inserted in place and readily attached to the crosspiece by simply tightening up the screw 1 As seen in Figs. 4 and 5, the filing-pins pass through open slots Y in the plate Y, so that the pins and slips filed upon them can be readily removed when the clip which carries the pins is detached from its support.

The adj ustable bearings for the lower feedroller K, heretofore referred to, are carried by a swinging frame M Fig. 2, pivoted to the casing at N the shaft of the roller being journaled in the front ends of the side arms of said frame. The ends of these arms are held up and the roller K yieldingly pressed against the roller J by spiral springs interposed between the under sides of said arms and adjusting-screws P carried in lugs upon the sides of the casing, Figs. 2 and 4. By turning the screws in one direction the roller K may be made to bear with greater pressure against the roller J, and by turning it in the opposite direction the pressure may be de creased.

The grasping-knob Q of the handle N cooperates with a stop R upon the side of the casing. The construction and arrangement of this knob are shown in the detail view in Fig. 7. It is mounted to slide upon a spindle S screwed into the handle N at one end and provided with an enlarged end at the other. \Vithin the bore of the knob Q and confined between a shoulder therein and the enlarged end of the spindle S is a spiral spring T surrounding the spindle. The knob has upon its inner end a pin U which projects through an aperture in the handle N to co-operate with the stop R The spring T presses the handle inward and holds the pin U in position beside the stop. When the knob of the handle is slid outward, the pin U is carried away i writes the desired memoranda upon the outer check-strip over the tablet-plate I, and it is duplicated upon the strips beneath by the transfer medium. \Vith his left hand he then disengages the graspin g-knob of the operatinghandle from the stop upon the casing and gives the handle a complete revolution, whereupon it will be again arrested by the stop. This revolution of the handle will operate, first, to feed forward the portion of the strips which has been written upon and carryit in Then the pins J L, carried by the roller K, will depress the front ends of the arms 0 and draw down the knife front of the knives YZ.

Y and filing-slips R to sever all the strips and file the recordslips upon the pins Q, the cam W on the shaft of the roller K at the same time throwing the arm V rearward and withdrawing the pins S from the path of the knife Y and filing-plates R. Then as the operating-handle comes to normal position the pins J L will clear the ends of the arms 0, and the springs I will lift the latter and the frame A and knife Y, and the cam W will also clear the end of the arm V, and the spring X on the rock-shaft U will throw the arms V and U forward again and project the pins S forward beside the filing-pins Q.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that all the clerk has to do at each operation of the machine is to write the memoranda upon the check-strip and give the operating-handle one revolution, that this single revoluble handle does all the work of feeding forward the strips, severing the slips from them, and filing the record-slips upon the pins.

I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to accomplish these results by the forward and backward movement of a single lever or a rock-shaft; but I believe I am the first in the art to actuate the feeding, cutting, and filing mechanisms of an autographic register by a single shaft revolving in one direction only. I also believe I am the first in the art to actuate the feeding and cutting mechanisms or the feeding and filing mechanisms by a single revoluble shaft. Such being the case, I desire to claim the combination of such shaft with such mechanisms as broadly as may be done and irrespective of the construction or arrangement of the devices interposed between the revoluble shaft and the feed-rollers and cutting and filing mechanism. In my present machine the revoluble driving-shaft, to which the operatinghandle is applied, is the spindle of one of the feed-rollers; but it is evident that it might be an independent shaft geared to said rollers. Furthermore, while I have shown the movable knife and the filing arms or plates as carried by a swinging frame actuated by revoluble cams, yet said knife and filing devices may, if desired, be carried by a reciproeating frame, actuated by a revoluble cam or cams in any suitable manner. Again, while under the construction illustrated and described the kuife and filing-plate are not mounted directly upon the frame 0, but on a supplemental frame hung in the frame C. It will be understood that this supplemental frame is provided because the frame 0' is a. swinging frame, so that the knife and filingplate may move up and down in a substantially-straight line instead of in the arc of the circle described by the free end of the frame 0. If the latter frame were a sliding.

instead of a swinging frame, the knife and filing-plate might be secured directly to it instead of being mounted upon a frame carried by it. So far as I am aware I am the first in the art to support the knife and filingplate or equivalent meausupon a single movable frame, as C, whose movement in one direction will cause the knife to sever the slip from the strip and the plate to file it, whether the knife and plate are carried directly by said frame or indirectly by it, as is shown and described. It will also be understood that some of the features of my invention are applicable to machines in which only the checkstrip is cut into slips and the record-strip wound upon a storage-reel, in which event the filing mechanism would be dispensed with.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim I 1. In an autographic register, the combination of feeding mechanism for the paper strip, cutting mechanism for cutting it into slips, filing mechanism for filing the slips, and a single revoluble shaft making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine and actuating all three of said mechanisms to feed, cut, and file the slips.

2. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the paper strip, a knife for cutting it into slips, a filingpin, an arm or plate for forcing the slips upon said pin, and a single revoluble shaft actuating the feeding-rollers, knife, and'filing-arm to feed, cut, and file the slips.

g 3. In an autographic register, the combination of a filing-pin, a knife for cutting the paper strip into slips, and afiling arm or plate for forcing the slips upon the pin, both carried by the same movable frame, and means for actuating said frame to cut the slips and file them.

4. In an autographic register, the combination of a filing-pin, a knife for cutting the strips into slips, and means for forcing the slips upon the pin, both carried by the same movable frame, a revoluble cam for actuating the frame to cut and file the slips, and a spring for resetting the frame.

5. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the paper strip, a filing-pin, a knife for cutting the strip into slips, and means for forcing the slips upon the pin, both carried by the same movable frame, and a revoluble driving-shaft and cam for actuating the feed-rollers to advance the strip and the movable frame to cut it into slips and file them.

6. In an autographic register,the combination of the writing-tablet over which the checkstrip and record-strip are led, a pair of feedrollers for said strips, a filing-pin,a knife for cutting the strips into slips, and means for forcing the record-slips upon the pin, and a single revoluble shaft making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine for actuating the knife, and filing means, and feed-rollers.

7. In an autographic register, the combination of a filing-pin,aswinging frame carrying .both a knife for cutting the paper strip into slips and means for forcing the slips uponthe pin, and a revoluble shaftprovided with a cam co-operating with the swinging frame.

8. In an autographic register, the combination of a fixed knife-bar,a movable knife-bar co-operating therewith, an arresting-plate for holding the paper strip while it is being severed by the knives, and a spring-plungercarried with the movable knife-bar and co-operating with said plate.

9. In an autographic register, the combination of a swinging frame,a second frame pivoted thereto and carrying the knife for cutting the paper strip into slips, and a revoluble cam and a spring co-operating with said first-mentioned frame.

10. In an autographic register, the combination of a knife for cutting the paper strip into slips,a filing-pin,a movable plate or arm for forcing the slips upon the pin, a movable guide for directing the end of the strip over the point of the pin, and means for automatically withdrawing said guide from the path of the filing plate or arm.

11. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for advancing the paper strip, a knife for cutting it into slips, a filing-pin, an arm or plate moving with the knife to force the slip upon the pin, a movable guide for directing the end of the strip over the point of the pin, and means for antomatically withdrawing the guide from the path of the filing plate or arm to permit the latter to force the severed slip upon the pin;

12. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for advancing the paper strip, a filing-pin, a knife for cutting the strip into slips and means for forcing the slips upon the pin,both carried by the movable frame, a revoluble shaft provided with a cam for actuating the movable frame to sever and file the slips, a movable guide for directing the end of the strip over the point of the pin, a swinging arm carrying said guide, and a cam uponthe revoluble shaft co-operating with said arm to withdraw the guide from the path of the knife and filing device.

13. In an autographic register, the combination of a vertically-movable plate for supporting the record-slips, a spring pressing the plate upward, a ratchet and pawl co-operating with the plate to permit downward but prevent. upward movement of it, and means for piling the slips upon the supporting-plate. 14. In an autographic register, the combination of a vertically-movable plate for supporting the record-slips, a spring pressing the plate u pward, a vertical ratchet,a spring-catch upon the plate co-operating with the ratchet, and a movable filing arm or plate for piling the slips upon the supporting-plate.

15. In an autographic register, the combination, with the filing-pin and means for forcing the slips upon said pin, of a vertically-movable plate for supporting the slips filed upon the pin, a spring pressing said plate upward, a vertical ratchet, and a spring-catch upon the plate co-operating with the ratchet, for the purpose described.

16. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for advancing the paper strip, an operating-handle fast to one of said rollers and revoluble therewith, a movable frame carrying a knife forcutting the strip into slips, and acam upon the shaft of the feed-roller co-operating with said movable frame to cause the knife to sever the paper strip.

17. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for advancing the paper strip, an operating-handle fast to one of said rollers, a filing-pin, a knife for cutting the strip into slips and means for forcing the slips upon the pin, both carried by the same movable frame, and a cam upon the shaft of the feed-roller for actuating the movable frame.

18. In an autographic register, the hereindescribed method of separating the checkstrip from the record-strip after they have been led together over the writing-tablet, consisting in imparting to one a tendency to curl in one direction and to the other a tendency to curl in the opposite directiomwhereby the two strips will automatically separate when liberated at a point beyond the writing-tablet.

10. In an autographie register, the hereindescribed method of separating the checkstrip from the record-strip, consisting in winding the two strips in reverse directions upon their respective supply-rolls, leading them togetherover the writing-tablet,andliberating them at a point beyond said tablet, whereby when liberated the two strips will automatica-lly separate, in the manner described.

20. In an autographie register, the hereindescribed method of feeding the check-strip and the record-strip and separating the one from the other, consisting inimparting to one a tendency to curl in one direction and to the othera tendency to curl in the opposite direction, leading them together over the writingtablet and between the pairof feed-rollers, and cutting them into slips at a point beyond said rollers, whereby the free ends of the strips will automatically separate when liberated at the cuttii'ig-point.

, 21. In an autographic register, the hereindescribed method of feeding the check-strip and record-strip and automatically separating one from the other, consisting in winding said strips in reverse directions upon their respective supply-rolls, leading them together from said rolls over the writing-tablet and between the pair of feed-rollers,aud cutting them into slips at a point beyond said rollers, whereby the free ends of said strips will automatically separate when liberated at the cutting-point, substantially as described.

22. The combination of the feed-rollers J K, the swinging frame having the arms 0 cooperating with the pins J L, carried by the roller K, the resetting-spring I for the, frame, the frame A, carried by the arms G and can rying the knife Y and filing-plates R, the spring G, connected to the arms B of the frame A, the fixed knife-bar Z, and the filing-pins Q, substantially as described.

23. In an autographic register, the combination of the filing-pins Q, the movable frame A, carrying knife Y and filing-plate R, means forsupporting and actuating said frame, the guide-pins S, arms, rock-shaft U, arm V, and revoluble cam W, substantially as described.

24:. In an autographic register, the combi nation of the fixed knife-bar Z,movable frame A, carrying the knife-bar Y, means for supporting and actuating said frame, the springplate V, and the spring-plungers N, carried by the frame A and eo-operating with the plate V, substantially as described.

25. In an autogra-phic register, the combination of the vertical posts Z and Z, the former provided with serrations on one side, the plate Y, mounted to slide upon said posts an d adapted to support the record-slips placed upon it by the filing mechanism, the spring D pressing said plate upward, and the springcatch carried by the plate and co-operating I with the serrations in the post Z, substantially as described.

26. In an autographic register, the combination of the vertical posts Z and Z, the

former provided with serrations on one side, the plate Y, mounted to slide upon said posts, the filing-pins Q,extendiug upward through open slots in the plate Y, the vertically-11loving frame A, provided with the plates R, cooperating with the pins Q, the spring D pressing the plate Y upward, and the springcatch carried by the plate and eo-operating with the serrations in the post Z, substantially as described.

27. In an autographic register, the combination, with the crosspiece P" of the framework, of the clip H carrying the filing-pins Q, and provided with the ears J and thumb screw 1 cooperating with the cross-piece P, substantially as described.

HUGO COOK. IVitnesses:

THOMAS CORWIN, PEARL N. SIGLER. 

